Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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