Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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