Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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