Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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