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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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