Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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