Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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