Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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