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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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