Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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