Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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