Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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