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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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