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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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