Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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