Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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