Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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