Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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