Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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