Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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