Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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