Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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