Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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