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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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