Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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