Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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