Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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