Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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