Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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