Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? 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 poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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