Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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