Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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