Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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