Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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