Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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