Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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