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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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