Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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