Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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