Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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