Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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