Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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