Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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