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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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