Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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