Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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