Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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