Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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