Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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