Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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