Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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