Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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