Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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