Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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