Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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