Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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