Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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