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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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