Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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