Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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