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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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