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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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