Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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