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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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