Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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