Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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