Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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