Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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