Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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