Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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