Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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