Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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