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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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