Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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