Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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