Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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