Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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