Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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