Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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