Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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