Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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