Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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