Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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