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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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