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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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