Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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