Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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