Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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