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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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