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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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