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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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