Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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