Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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