Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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