Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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