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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key 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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