Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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