Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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