Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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