Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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