Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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