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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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