Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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