Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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