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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key 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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