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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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