Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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