Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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