Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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