Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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