Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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