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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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