Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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