Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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