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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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