Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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