Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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