Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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