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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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