Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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