Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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