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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take courses 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 massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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