Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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