Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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