Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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