Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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