Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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