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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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