Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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