Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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