Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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