Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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