Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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