Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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