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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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