Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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