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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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