Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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