Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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