Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the 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 investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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