Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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