Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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