Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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