Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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