Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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