Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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