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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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