Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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