Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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