Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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