Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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