Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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