Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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