Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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