Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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