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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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