Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 online MOOCs are normally free 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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