Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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