Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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