Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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