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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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