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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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