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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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