Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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