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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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