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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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