Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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