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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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