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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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