Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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