Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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