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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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