Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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