Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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