Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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