Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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