Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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