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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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