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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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