Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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