Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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