Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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