Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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