Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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