Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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