Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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