Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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