Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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