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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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