Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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