Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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