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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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