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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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