Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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