Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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