Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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