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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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