Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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