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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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