Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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