Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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