Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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