Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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