Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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