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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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