Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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