Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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