Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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