Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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