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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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