Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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