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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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