Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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