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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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