Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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