Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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