Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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