Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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