Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major 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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