Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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