Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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