Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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