Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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