Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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