Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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