Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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