Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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