Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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