Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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