Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major 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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