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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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