Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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