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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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