Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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