Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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