Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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