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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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