Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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