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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in 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 online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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