Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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