Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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