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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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