Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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