Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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 customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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