Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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