Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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