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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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