Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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