Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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