Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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