Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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