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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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