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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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