Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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