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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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