Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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