Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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