Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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