Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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