Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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