Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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