Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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