Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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