Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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