Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important 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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