Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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