Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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