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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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