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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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