Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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