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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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