Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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