Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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