Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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