Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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