Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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