Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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