Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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