Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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