Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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