Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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