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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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