Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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