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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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