Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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