Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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