Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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