Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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