Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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