Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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