Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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