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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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