Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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