Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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