Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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