Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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