Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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