Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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