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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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