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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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