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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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