Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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