Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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