Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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