Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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