Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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