Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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