Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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