Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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