Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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