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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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