Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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