Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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