Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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