Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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