Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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