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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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