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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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