Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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