Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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