Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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