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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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