Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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