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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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