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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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