Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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