Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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