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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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