Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the 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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