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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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