Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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