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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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