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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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