Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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