Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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