Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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