Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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