Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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