Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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