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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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