Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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