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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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