Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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