Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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