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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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