Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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