Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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