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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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