Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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