Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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