Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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