Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes 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 MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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