Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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