Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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