Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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