Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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