Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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