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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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