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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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