Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses 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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