Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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