Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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