Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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