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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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