Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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