Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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