Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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