Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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