Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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