Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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