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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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