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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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