Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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