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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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