Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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