Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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