Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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