Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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