Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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