Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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