Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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