Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the 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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