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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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