Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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