Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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