Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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