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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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