Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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