Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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