Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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