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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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