Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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