Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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