Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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