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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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