Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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