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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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