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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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