Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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