Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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