Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes 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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