Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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