Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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