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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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