Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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