Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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