Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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