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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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