Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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