Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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