Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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