Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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