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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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