Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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