Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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