Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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