Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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