Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews 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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