Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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