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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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