Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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