Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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