Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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