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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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