Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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