Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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