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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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