Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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