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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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