Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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