Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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