Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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