Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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