Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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