Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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