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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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