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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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