Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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