Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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