Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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