Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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