Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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