Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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