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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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