Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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