Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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