Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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