Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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