Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses 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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