Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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