Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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