Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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