Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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