Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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