Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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