Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers 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 experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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