Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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