Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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