Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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