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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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