Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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