Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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