Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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