Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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