Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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