Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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