Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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