Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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