Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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