Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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