Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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