Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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