Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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