Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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