Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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