Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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