Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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