Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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