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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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