Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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