Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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