Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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