Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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