Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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