Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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