Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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