Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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