Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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