Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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