Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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