Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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