Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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