Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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