Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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