Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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