Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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