Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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