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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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