Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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