Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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