Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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