Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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