Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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