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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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