Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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