Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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