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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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