Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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