Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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