Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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