Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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