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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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